Operations Supervisor – Night Shift
ShipMonk · Pittston, PA · 1 mo ago
ManufacturingFull-time
About the role
ShipMonk is hiring an Operations Supervisor – Night Shift to lead a team of approximately 25–30 associates across our Pittston fulfillment operations.
Responsibilities
- Own your department: the people, the processes, and the numbers.
- As a Night Shift Operations Supervisor, you'll be the floor-level leader your team looks to for direction, decisions, coaching, and support throughout the shift.
- Start the shift with a team huddle and set clear priorities and expectations.
- Lead, coach, and develop approximately 25–30 warehouse associates.
- Maintain productivity, throughput, quality, accuracy, attendance, and safety in real time.
- Adjust labor and workflow as volume and priorities change.
- Coach associates directly on the floor and address performance issues early.
- Troubleshoot operational issues and coordinate with other departments when problems arise.
- Use performance data to identify root causes and improve results.
- Train and onboard new associates.
- Maintain inventory accuracy, equipment standards, sanitation, and safety.
- Ensure a strong handoff between shifts by clearly communicating results, risks, and outstanding issues.
What you'll own
- A team of approximately 25–30 associates
- Night-shift execution and department performance
- Productivity, quality, throughput, accuracy, and safety KPIs
- Labor allocation and workflow
- Associate coaching and development
- Process improvement
- Shift-to-shift communication and operational handoffs
Requirements
- Required 2+ years of leadership or supervisory experience in warehouse operations, distribution, fulfillment, manufacturing, logistics, or a related environment
- Strong coaching and people-leadership skills
- Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced operation
- Comfort using data and KPIs to manage performance
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work an overnight/night-shift schedule
- Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and overtime based on business needs
- Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 lbs.
Skills
- Nice to have Experience with warehouse management or inventory systems
- Prior experience with Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement methodologies
What success looks like
- In your first 30 days: You know your team, understand the operation, and know the KPIs that drive your department.
- In 90 days: Your team understands expectations, you're consistently managing performance, and you're identifying opportunities to improve the shift.
- In year one: You've built a reliable, high-performing operation, developed people on your team, and demonstrated your ability to take on greater responsibility as ShipMonk continues to grow.